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The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…
The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as it affordeth both milk for babes, and strong meat for such as are at full age / by ... Nicholas Bifield ; ... now published ... by his son, Adoniram Bifield.The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as it affordeth both milke for babes, and strong meat for such as are at full age / by ... Nicholas Bifield ; ... now published ... by his sonne, Adoniram Bifield.
London: printed by G.M. for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1626
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There is great need of teaching and explicating of this Article, both because it is a thing so much urged in so many places both of the old and new Testament, and because it was made one of the most fundamental principles of the Apostles Catechism, Heb. 6. 2. Act. 10. 42. and especially because it is a doctrine of all others most effectual to awaken the carnal & secure hearts of men, Act. 24. 26. and if it may be to bring them to repentance, Act. 17. 31. and the more proper for us upon whom the ends of the world are come, not only because it is now at hand, but because men are in so high a degree forgetful of it, yea because there are so many scoffers against it, according as S. Peter foretold, 2 Pet. 3. 3. Concerning this judgement I intend to show by way of explication,
There is great need of teaching and explicating of this Article, both because it is a thing so much vrged in so many places both of the old and new Testament, and because it was made one of the most fundamentall principles of the Apostles Catechisme, Heb. 6. 2. Act. 10. 42. and especially because it is a doctrine of all others most effectuall to awaken the carnall & secure hearts of men, Act. 24. 26. and if it may be to bring them to repentance, Act. 17. 31. and the more proper for vs vpon whō the ends of the world are come, not only because it is now at hand, but because men are in so high a degree forgetful of it, yea because there are so many scoffers against it, according as S. Peter foretold, 2 Pet. 3. 3. Concerning this iudgement I intend to shew by way of explication,